There are many works which contemplate life and death in a way that richly communicates our common humanity and as such are commonly used as funeral poems. Words such as these can transcend our own limited expressive abilities to portray a surpassing sense of love, longing, and grief. These can vary, from reassured classics, such as Tennyson’s In Memoriam or Stevenson’s Success, or famous religious texts like Psalm 23 or Newton’s Amazing Grace, or even anonymous lines like the epitaph on an Irish tombstone:ĭeath leaves a heartache no one can heal, This is where funeral poems can be extraordinarily helpful. Composing your own memorial poetry is a wonderful exercise which helps you work through and express your grief and love, but rare is the person who can craft words to say exactly what they want to say. A recitation of the departed loved one’s life and accomplishments is important, but rarely captures the poetic vitality of a beautiful life.
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